"Well, he asked about Kouka, where he was and all that, and he said, says he, 'I'm going to get him!'"
The jury was listening intently. Even Glassford cocked his head.
"I asked him what he meant, and he said he had it in for Kouka and was going to croak him."
Archie had been leaning forward, his eyes fixed in an incredulous stare, his face had turned red, then white, and now he said, almost audibly:
"Well, listen to that, will you!"
"Sh!" said Marriott.
Archie dropped back, and Marriott heard him muttering under his breath, marveling at Quinn's effrontery.
"Tell the jury what further, if anything, was said," Eades was saying.
"Nothing much," said Quinn; "that was about all."
"What did you do after that?"